| 单词 | coquet |
| 例句 | A: I'm afraid I was a bit of a coquet in my youth, but now that I'm a grandmother with an 18-year-old granddaughter, I'm simplifying what I wear. Patron behind the fashion treasury favors a relaxed Southern California matron look 2010-09-01T16:21:00Z I am yet vain enough to think I deserve it better than all those flirting girls you coquet with. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z True, she coquets and makes eyes at everybody who looks at her. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z And then, too, what flirting and coqueting, the state of society at the springs in the Grove of Esculapius being probably much the same as at Saratoga 94in our own days. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Why is it that only the Pole fawns, only the Pole coquets? Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z It is a game that lures a man, it coquets with him, trifles with his yearnings and his hopes, and flouts him. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z His wings moved so slowly he seemed to fly without pressure on the air—as slowly as a lady fans herself when there is no one to coquet with. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z With the pious she is pious, with the Liberals she plays the Liberal, she coquets with every party to maintain her influence as ex-ambassadress. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z It seemed to coquet with Dawe Armitage; to pour out its infinitesimal stars—-red, blue, green, gold, and amethyst—blazing, splintering, and coruscating to dazzle and bewilder him. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z The Laidies read some, dance a great deal, coquet much, dress for Admirers, and at last, for the most Part, run away with the most insignificant of their humble Servants. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Our young men are flimsy essays; old ones, political pamphlets; coquets, fugitive pieces; and fashionable beauties, a compilation of advertised perfumery, essence of pearl, milk of roses, and Olympian dew.——Lord, The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts 2011-07-02T02:00:12.813Z He coquets with the conflict of his own understanding and sentiments. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Her proud obstinacy was not capable of that; she was not one of those sympathetic, dependent women who like to make little blunders so as to be able to coquet with their charming penitence. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z The shame, the mortification of accepting help from that poor, overworked little German girl, who coquets with a laborer for our benefit—oh, it sickens one! A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z First, she lets him take her to table; then she coquets with him in the most impudent manner----" "Stop! Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z He thought that she was willing to coquet with him, and that, too, the hint about the gold chain might not have been in vain. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z The simplicity of the remedy is so attractive that it is not surprising that the Governments of industrial nations should coquet from time to time with the policy of compulsory arbitration. The Acquisitive Society If you are so inclined, you play low, and coquet with fortune, or if lavishly given, you throw the reins loose and go free. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) It is a place of fugitive resort, an heterogeneous assemblage of sea-mews and stockbrokers, Amphitrites of the town, and misses that coquet with the Ocean. Hastings and Neighbourhood Suddenly she turns her back upon us--at least a little--and coquets with the fair-haired warriors. The Scarlet Banner The lover continues his doleful lamenting, which is at last interrupted by the entrance of the May Queen herself, who chides him for his complaints and argues her right to coquet on such a day. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers Hence “to coquet,” the original and more correct form, has come frequently to be written “to coquette.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The designing would assume modesty as an artifice, the coquet would adopt it as an allurement, the pure as her appropriate attraction, and the voluptuous as the most infallible art of seduction. Coelebs In Search of a Wife But no! she had drawn him on: not by coquetry—Audrey was far too high-minded to coquet with any man—but simply by the warm friendliness of her manner. Lover or Friend The horse was feeding some six rods off, near Peakslow's pair, when the dog, singling him out, ran up and began to coquet with him, flourishing the ear of corn. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies You might almost as well coquet with a minister of the holy Gospel as with him you have selected to try your fascinations on. A Romantic Young Lady Parrots abound in carnival hues, and buff-colored doves, with soft white rings of feathers about their necks, coquet lovingly together. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands I am not quite the heartless coquet I seem. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life The river Seine was made unusually lively during the summer by the movement upon it of a whole fleet of steamers of all shapes and sizes, and with flags often exceedingly ‘coquet.’ The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" They are, he thinks, dilettanti, sentimentalists, who coquet with the misery of the masses, in order to serve the same up well spiced and warmed to their luxurious and fashionable readers. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Henry had fears that she whom he thought engaged was coqueting with him. Duffels In the last century there lived a man who, in his young days, was a desperate coquet. Indian Story and Song from North America The coquet is sadly tempted to gather some of the flowers for her own use, but dares not. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing But the triumph is Lady Froth, ‘a great coquet, pretender to poetry, wit, and learning,’ and one would almost as lief have seen Mrs. Mountfort in the part as the Bracegirdle’s Millamant. The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] It would be charming to coquet with him. Marcia Schuyler For Nature, in this lace-work, displays at times a sympathy with humanity,—especially womanity,—and coquets and flirts with it, as becomes the subject, in a manner which is merrily awful. The Gypsies She smiled upon him from the maternal height of the coquette who is a year or two older than the man she coquets with. Despair's Last Journey It was of no use to coquet with thoughts of suicide. The Daughters of Danaus There we all sat, prudence coqueting with appetite, and the finest yellow curries contending with the direst thoughts of yellow fever. Rattlin the Reefer She laugh and make the mock at him, and play coquet with the others before his face. Roger Ingleton, Minor She loves Worthy, whom she pretends to dislike, and coquets with him for twelve months. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 She coquets first with one, then with another, then holds her head stiffly above them all. A Little Girl in Old Detroit In these both men and girls choose their own partners, and coquet with them by alluring facial expressions during the dance. Denmark Shook her white plumage and coqueting, won Propitious favors from the southern sun, Till manly hearts and keel-impelling gales, Furled on the coast her half-reluctant sails. Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) In Prussia it has been the habit, from time immemorial, for the heir to the throne to coquet with the Liberals, and to be supposed to entertain progressive opinions. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris A pretty little flirt, who coquets with Tim Tartlet and young Whimsey, and helps Charlotte Whimsey in her “love affairs.” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 She ne'er coquets as others do; Her tender heart would never let her. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) She was virtuous, and kind, after a fashion, but she was fast becoming a coquet,—a flirt. Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect Catharine's favor lasted unimpaired for several years, and it only abated when Gabrielli's lust for conquest and the honor of rivalry with a sovereign tempted her to coquet with Prince Po-temkin. Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag Unfortunately it requires at the present day more courage for an Indian to hold such language as that than to coquet, as many politicians do, with violence and crime. Indian Unrest I love to coquet, but the moment a man comes too close, I feel hunted. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes I find love is quite a different plant in different soils; it is an exotic, and grows faintly, with us coquets; but in its native climate with you people of sensibility and sentiment. The History of Emily Montague His Letters shew him to have lived in a continual fever of petty vanity, and to have been a finished literary coquet. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution If she really loved him, would she coquet with him like this—would she so pretend? The Hoyden Just here Hazel entered and replenished the hearth, stopping half-way, with her armful of brush, to coquet an instant in the mirror, and adjust the scarlet love-knot in her curls. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 I have omitted no exertion to prevent him and them from sinking to that level to which the meretricious French faction his Grace at least coquets with omit no exertion to reduce both. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) Papa has made me take some excellent liqueur; ’tis the mode here; all the Canadian ladies take a little, which makes them so coquet and agreable. The History of Emily Montague The petty kings themselves began now to coquet with Tehrak, and to invite his co-operation in an attempt, which they promised they would make, to throw off the yoke of the Assyrians. Ancient Egypt The Graces from the court did next provide Breeding, and wit, and air, and decent pride: These Venus cleans'd from ev'ry spurious grain Of nice coquet, affected, pert, and vain. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 Even to the end she would deck herself and coquet to her glass. At a Winter's Fire “That in a mirror young coquets Should study all their traps and nets, I may conceive it; But that the mirror, above all, Should be the object principal, I won’t believe it.” The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 484, April 9, 1831 You will say, I am a coquet even in friendship; and I am not quite sure you are not in the right. The History of Emily Montague We have no such character here as a coquet, but alas! how many envious prudes! Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) He had a daughter, named Annette, a quick, lively, and fascinating girl, who seemed rather disposed to coquet with Henri, and was somewhat frequently in the workshop with him. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 362, March 21, 1829 If she coquets, she will soon disgust him! The Three Brides Whence, then, that rival banner Which you coquet with in so cautious manner? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 27, 1890 "Good Heavens, Marian!" he said, rising, "what spirit of woman or spirit of mischief tempts you to coquet with me even now?" The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage The audacious little imp of an idea peeped around corners in Katie's consciousness and tried to coquet with her. The Visioning "Ah! none of that! none of that—I cannot coquet with you!" she cried. The Woodlanders And the lady gave a speaking glance, which seemed to coquet for a moment with retrospect. Roderick Hudson But with their intention she did not coquet; as to that she was in earnest. A Chair on the Boulevard Did she now coquet, prattle, and display her power; tempted as she was by such a public scene of triumph? The Adventures of Hugh Trevor He then laughed, and turned about to coquet it with Fanny. Joseph Andrews, Volume 2 Now, just now, he darts into my room, coquets with my basket of flowers, "a kiss, a touch, and then away." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 "I applaud your benevolent intentions," said the doctor: "but have you really the presumption to hope, that an ingenuous young man of four-and-twenty can reform a veteran coquet of four-and-thirty?" Tales and Novels — Volume 03 But it hurt me so much that I did not realize it was necessary to coquet with him in order to retain his affection. Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales Altogether the appearance is coquet, sportsmanlike, and decidedly appropriate. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I What think you, Mr Walpole, of our two coquet Irish beauties? The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty They help to humanize the one, and to make heartless coquets of the other. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush She never coquets, not she, with any of the young men who come here on purpose to see her. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 It is this that leads the one party to coquet with Egypt and the other with Assyria, vii. Introduction to the Old Testament In one of the shops, somewhat prouder than the rest, a heated brunette was turning sections of eel on a gridiron, and hurriedly coqueting with the purchasers. Venetian Life My answer to the Freethinkers who would coquet with Christianity, and gain a fictitious respectability by courting compliments from Christian teachers, is that they are playing with fire. Prisoner for Blasphemy The weak spot often to be found in those cultured aristocrats who coquet with liberalism was fatal to his chance of being a hero. The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History She coquets with him but does not dare to go further; nothing happens. The Public vs. M. Gustave Flaubert Those non-Brahmins therefore who are coqueting with the Government are selling themselves and the nation to which they belong. Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation Those gay motes in the beam come about you, hovering and teazing, like so many coquets, that will have you all to their self, and are jealous of your abstractions. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia Here the coquet has surprised, and the love-sick nymph has sapped the heart of the unwary swain. Damon and Delia A Tale Open your arms, miss, if you please; remember you are no coquet now: how pretty this looks! don't it? The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 The moon—she rouges, steals the sun's bright light, By eating stolen bread her living gets,— Is also wont to paint her cheeks at night, While, with untiring ardor, she coquets. The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems The Graces from the court did next provide Breeding, and wit, and air, and decent pride: These Venus cleans from every spurious grain Of nice coquet, affected, pert, and vain. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe He played some, but to pass away the time rather than to coquet with fortune. Man on the Box But the little Gavotte skimmed the clay like a witch, Charles saw her coquet as she went at Jim's Pitch. Right Royal He would have preferred to coquet with the enemy for a while from the safety of his saddle. Stella Fregelius It is as natural for a young girl to coquet as it is for a canary to peck at its seed or trim its bill on a bit of fishbone. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel How the wanton, treacherous air coquets with the old gray-beard trees! Hyperion She began to coquet with this seductive fellow, and to hint to him that she had too much knowledge of the world to set a fictitious value upon virtue. For the Term of His Natural Life At the age of ten or eleven; nay, often much sooner, girls began to coquet, and talked, unreproved, of establishing themselves in the world by marriage. Vindication of the Rights of Woman Like most young girls whose career of gayety is arrested as hers was, she felt an inclination to coquet a little with the serious side of life. Their Pilgrimage Olivia, on her side, acted the coquet to perfection, if that might be called acting which was her real character, pretending to lavish all her tenderness on her new lover. The Vicar of Wakefield Without any need of self-restraint, no wish to coquet ever entered her head. War and Peace Mrs. Little replied, "I shall say, here is a dear child, who has seen what misery may spring from delay, and so now she will not coquet with her own happiness, nor trifle with yours." Put Yourself in His Place I now think you are more than half a coquet, and I like you for your roguery. Liber Amoris, or, the New Pygmalion For the latter purpose she would coquet first with one party, then with the other. The House of the Wolf; a romance A suit of mourning has transformed my coquet into a prude, and a new set of ribbands has given her younger sister more than natural vivacity. The Vicar of Wakefield I leave her therefore in a position where she loses nothing of her precious majesty; she will certainly coquet with you, if only to tease and annoy that angel of a Camille Maupin. Beatrix I only hope," said the little coquet, looking at him slyly, "you're not misleading me. Armadale Loch Lomond comes upon you by degrees as you advance, unfolding and then withdrawing its conscious beauties like an accomplished coquet. Liber Amoris, or, the New Pygmalion You know people who are vain and not very clever have moments when the consciousness that they are miserable affords them positive satisfaction, and they even coquet with their misery for their own entertainment. The Schoolmistress, and other stories So Lucien could coquet with the world, give way to his poet's caprices, and, it may be plainly admitted, to the necessities of his position. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life "She is showing a disposition to coquet with Richard," rejoined Sir Joseph, with the air of a man who knew female human nature in its remotest corners. Miss or Mrs? Often a man coquets with a dozen women and obtains none. The Marriage Contract |
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